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Walters (1-0), who was called up from the minors before Saturday's start, will make his second start of the season Thursday at home against Milwaukee. He went 0-4 with a 7.27 ERA in six starts at Target Field last season.
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Guthrie held his own for the first five innings of the start, but he started running into trouble in the sixth inning. He allowed one run in each of the sixth and seventh innings, and then really struggled in the eighth. He allowed three of the first four batters to reach, though he also had some bad luck, as two of the three scored on infield singles. He loaded the bases by hitting Albert Pujols with a pitch, before being pulled from the game after 106 pitches.
All three batters Guthrie left on base came around to score, leaving him with seven runs charged to his line, six of them earned, over the course of 7 1/3 innings. He allowed five hits and one walk, while striking out just two batters. He also surrendered a pair of solo home runs.
Guthrie has fallen to 5-3 with a three-game losing streak, and his ERA has risen more than a run and a half, to 3.92. He has allowed 17 runs over the last 19 1/3 innings. He will try to end his losing streak Thursday, against the Cardinals.
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"I didn't want to send Arcia down," Gardenhire said. "I like watching him swing and the way he goes about his business. He's a young kid with things to learn and is swinging a little crazy right now, but there's a chance when he walks up that he'll hit a home run, and I enjoy that part of it. So he'll be back."
Arcia, ranked as the No. 86 overall prospect according to MLB.com, hit .255/.318/.449 with four homers and 14 RBI in 30 games before being sent down. He hit .094 in his last 32 at-bats.
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Flowers is hitting .250 (10 for 40) with two doubles and two RBI in his last 12 games played.
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Ramirez walked off the field on his own but left rubbing his jaw. The Twins did not give further details on his injury. He finished 0 for 2 with a strikeout and was replaced by Aaron Hicks in center field.
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Buckner walked three and threw just 41 of 74 pitches for strikes, but held the Royals to two hits in five shutout innings for a 7-0 win. Buckner, who struck out two, induced seven groundball outs and five fly-ball outs.
Buckner had a 6.25 career ERA over parts of four seasons before Saturday. He is not scheduled to make another start with Jered Weaver set to return from the disabled list this week.
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Buck hit his 11th home run of the season Friday before play was suspended. He is hitting .227.
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Danks permitted three earned runs on four hits and had a no-decision in his season debut. Though his fastball peaked at 91 mph, Danks has been told his velocity might never be the same.
"Doctors have told me that it won't be until probably a year out of surgery before I feel right again, not that I don't feel good now, but back to normal," said Danks, who had surgery in August. "I kind of knew that going in. I'll kind of try to fight my way through this year and go out with what I have each night and give us a chance to win. Hopefully, next year and beyond I'll be back to where I was before surgery."
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Henderson got two outs in the ninth inning Friday before leaving with the injury. Francisco Rodriguez came in to get the one-out save.
